M.S. in Information Technology

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to Walden University and the requirements for successful participation in an online curriculum as well as to provide a foundation for academic and professional success. They engage in course assignments that focus on the practical application of writing and critical-thinking skills, lending to the promotion of professional practice and academic excellence.

Through a review of modern computer systems and the social and economic issues related to their use, this course introduces the conceptual foundations for designing, developing, and deploying large-scale management information systems. It investigates the role of information technology in an organization—particularly the collection, storage, and distribution of information for operations, planning, and decision making.

The infrastructures of operating systems and networks are the fundamental technologies that support enterprise information systems. Students in this course examine the components of computer systems, their underlying operating systems, and their data communications networks. They critically investigate the services these components provide and draw implications for the large-scale enterprise. Students sharpen communication and critical-thinking skills through weekly discussions on related topics, such as modularity, abstraction, threading, virtual memory, internet protocol, atomicity, and concurrency control.

Contemporary software development principles continue to evolve. In this course, students explore contemporary software development concepts and tools. Through application assignments designed to contextualize theories presented in the course, students apply object-oriented techniques, usability principles, and design for reuse. Students have the opportunity to acquire knowledge requisite to the development of sound, maintainable, and extensible software.

Data is the lifeblood of nearly every business enterprise. Through careful planning and management, the organization can ensure that its critical data remains consistent, correct, secure, and available. This theoretical and practical introduction to relational database systems presents students with accepted practices for data modeling, database design, and implementation in a range of application contexts.

The principles of software engineering and software design allow for the methodical construction and controlled development of complex software systems. This course surveys the evolution and current practices of software engineering through the entire software life cycle, with emphasis on the elements that significantly influence software system quality.

Large-scale enterprise systems often rely on architectural frameworks that define their main components as well as the interactions among these components. This course surveys the principal design strategies and tools for constructing the modern information system. It identifies common vendor and open-source components, illustrating how they can create and integrate robust Web- and cloud-based services and applications.

The principles of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data while it is being stored, processed, or communicated guide the policies and practices of information assurance. In this course, students investigate the theory of information security and data protection, study common system risks and vulnerabilities, and follow best practices to protect computer and data assets. These practices address organizational policies, access controls, software and network design, and logging and auditing.

This course covers the security governance structure that organizations employ to manage risks. Various laws, regulations, and organizational objectives are typically mapped to organizational policies and translated into procedures, practices, standards, and guidelines. Students examine appropriate organizational structures for providing oversight and managing security throughout the enterprise.

This course provides an in-depth study of techniques for defending IT infrastructure against attack. Students explore tools for configuring and testing system and network security and examine administrative and operational countermeasures. Students discuss a range of active responses to a security breach.

Security professionals need to understand the legal context of their work: Many laws apply to IT crimes, and botched investigations can have serious consequences. This course presents the types of offenses and their consequences under the law. Investigations of breaches must be conducted methodically and with great care. Students examine the various types of cyber offenses and techniques for investigating them as well as ethical uses of information and computing resources in organizations.

Individual, group, and organizational behavior can have an enormous effect on safety and security. Because security professionals often observe that security is more dependent on people than on technology, they must have a clear understanding of human factors. This course examines advanced topics in the practice of information assurance, such as using social psychology to implement security.

This capstone course provides students an opportunity to synthesize concepts and skills in a reflective project. It builds a bridge from the academic experience to the workforce. In the context of a specific IT problem, students evaluate appropriate technologies and design a solution.

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to Walden University and the requirements for successful participation in an online curriculum as well as to provide a foundation for academic and professional success. They engage in course assignments that focus on the practical application of writing and critical-thinking skills, lending to the promotion of professional practice and academic excellence.

Through a review of modern computer systems and the social and economic issues related to their use, this course introduces the conceptual foundations for designing, developing, and deploying large-scale management information systems. It investigates the role of information technology in an organization—particularly the collection, storage, and distribution of information for operations, planning, and decision making.

The infrastructures of operating systems and networks are the fundamental technologies that support enterprise information systems. Students in this course examine the components of computer systems, their underlying operating systems, and their data communications networks. They critically investigate the services these components provide and draw implications for the large-scale enterprise. Students sharpen communication and critical-thinking skills through weekly discussions on related topics, such as modularity, abstraction, threading, virtual memory, internet protocol, atomicity, and concurrency control.

Contemporary software development principles continue to evolve. In this course, students explore contemporary software development concepts and tools. Through application assignments designed to contextualize theories presented in the course, students apply object-oriented techniques, usability principles, and design for reuse. Students have the opportunity to acquire knowledge requisite to the development of sound, maintainable, and extensible software.

Data is the lifeblood of nearly every business enterprise. Through careful planning and management, the organization can ensure that its critical data remains consistent, correct, secure, and available. This theoretical and practical introduction to relational database systems presents students with accepted practices for data modeling, database design, and implementation in a range of application contexts.

The principles of software engineering and software design allow for the methodical construction and controlled development of complex software systems. This course surveys the evolution and current practices of software engineering through the entire software life cycle, with emphasis on the elements that significantly influence software system quality.

Large-scale enterprise systems often rely on architectural frameworks that define their main components as well as the interactions among these components. This course surveys the principal design strategies and tools for constructing the modern information system. It identifies common vendor and open-source components, illustrating how they can create and integrate robust Web- and cloud-based services and applications.

The principles of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data while it is being stored, processed, or communicated guide the policies and practices of information assurance. In this course, students investigate the theory of information security and data protection, study common system risks and vulnerabilities, and follow best practices to protect computer and data assets. These practices address organizational policies, access controls, software and network design, and logging and auditing.

This course sets software engineering in the context of systems engineering. Students discuss the role of software engineering in analyzing user needs and examine how to develop solutions while building systems involving various components. This course provides a broad perspective of the system engineering life cycle, including requirements, design, integration, transition, operation, maintenance, and support. It focuses on issues of requirements engineering such as the elicitation of requirements, analysis, specification, validation, and change management.

Software architects design software to meet desired quality attributes. They must minimize complexity while following heuristics and standards, even as they anticipate change. In this course, students explore the fundamentals of software design. They examine key issues such as concurrency, event handling, interaction, and fault tolerance.

Competitive organizations demand high quality software. IT professionals employ software management techniques to measure, control, and ensure software quality.This course covers software quality management processes, with a special focus on software testing.

Enterprise managers are keenly interested in implementing efficient and effective software development processes. Developments in the application of software engineering to help managers gain control over the production of software, including processes that measure progress, quality, and cost at the project and organizational levels are covered in this course.

This capstone course provides students an opportunity to synthesize concepts and skills in a reflective project. It builds a bridge from the academic experience to the workforce. In the context of a specific IT problem, students evaluate appropriate technologies and design a solution.

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to Walden University and the requirements for successful participation in an online curriculum as well as to provide a foundation for academic and professional success. They engage in course assignments that focus on the practical application of writing and critical-thinking skills, lending to the promotion of professional practice and academic excellence.

The principles of computer hardware, software, and networks underlie the techniques and practices of information systems professionals. Students in this course survey the fundamental aspects of computing and prepare to use computers effectively for problem solving. Through a variety of application assignments, students delve into the types and construction of hardware, software, networks, and tools for data management. They learn ways to create an algorithm, represent data, and express their designs in a programming language. Through this course students are encouraged to become active and influential professionals by applying concepts and principles to real-world practice.

Through this course, students learn key technologies and design principles for interactive Web applications as well the professional, individual, organizational, societal, and regulatory implications thereof. Students learn how pages are designed and how they interact with external servers to deliver information––important concepts underlying how computers enable communication among Internet users and allow enterprises to conduct business online. They develop and manage Web-based applications using a selection of fundamental tools and techniques, such as XHTML and cascading style sheets.

The discipline of software development demands a variety of skills. Students in this course assess the fundamental practices and principles of designing and constructing object-oriented programs. They engage in substantial hands-on practice, reinforcing algorithmic thinking, logical design, precise coding, and careful attention to quality.

Like building a skyscraper, developing a large-scale software system may require the work of thousands of people over a period of several years. Analysts and designers coordinate technical plans so that individual efforts combine into a complete and effective system. This course surveys structured and object-oriented approaches to defining a system’s functional and quality requirements. It also examines how to convert these requirements into the structural and functional design elements of an effective organizational information system.

Through a review of modern computer systems and the social and economic issues related to their use, this course introduces the conceptual foundations for designing, developing, and deploying large-scale management information systems. It investigates the role of information technology in an organization—particularly the collection, storage, and distribution of information for operations, planning, and decision making.

The infrastructures of operating systems and networks are the fundamental technologies that support enterprise information systems. Students in this course examine the components of computer systems, their underlying operating systems, and their data communications networks. They critically investigate the services these components provide and draw implications for the large-scale enterprise. Students sharpen communication and critical-thinking skills through weekly discussions on related topics, such as modularity, abstraction, threading, virtual memory, internet protocol, atomicity, and concurrency control.

Contemporary software development principles continue to evolve. In this course, students explore contemporary software development concepts and tools. Through application assignments designed to contextualize theories presented in the course, students apply object-oriented techniques, usability principles, and design for reuse. Students have the opportunity to acquire knowledge requisite to the development of sound, maintainable, and extensible software.

Data is the lifeblood of nearly every business enterprise. Through careful planning and management, the organization can ensure that its critical data remains consistent, correct, secure, and available. This theoretical and practical introduction to relational database systems presents students with accepted practices for data modeling, database design, and implementation in a range of application contexts.

The principles of software engineering and software design allow for the methodical construction and controlled development of complex software systems. This course surveys the evolution and current practices of software engineering through the entire software life cycle, with emphasis on the elements that significantly influence software system quality.

Large-scale enterprise systems often rely on architectural frameworks that define their main components as well as the interactions among these components. This course surveys the principal design strategies and tools for constructing the modern information system. It identifies common vendor and open-source components, illustrating how they can create and integrate robust Web- and cloud-based services and applications.

The principles of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data while it is being stored, processed, or communicated guide the policies and practices of information assurance. In this course, students investigate the theory of information security and data protection, study common system risks and vulnerabilities, and follow best practices to protect computer and data assets. These practices address organizational policies, access controls, software and network design, and logging and auditing.

This course covers the security governance structure that organizations employ to manage risks. Various laws, regulations, and organizational objectives are typically mapped to organizational policies and translated into procedures, practices, standards, and guidelines. Students examine appropriate organizational structures for providing oversight and managing security throughout the enterprise.

This course provides an in-depth study of techniques for defending IT infrastructure against attack. Students explore tools for configuring and testing system and network security and examine administrative and operational countermeasures. Students discuss a range of active responses to a security breach.

Security professionals need to understand the legal context of their work: Many laws apply to IT crimes, and botched investigations can have serious consequences. This course presents the types of offenses and their consequences under the law. Investigations of breaches must be conducted methodically and with great care. Students examine the various types of cyber offenses and techniques for investigating them as well as ethical uses of information and computing resources in organizations.

Individual, group, and organizational behavior can have an enormous effect on safety and security. Because security professionals often observe that security is more dependent on people than on technology, they must have a clear understanding of human factors. This course examines advanced topics in the practice of information assurance, such as using social psychology to implement security.

This capstone course provides students an opportunity to synthesize concepts and skills in a reflective project. It builds a bridge from the academic experience to the workforce. In the context of a specific IT problem, students evaluate appropriate technologies and design a solution.

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to Walden University and the requirements for successful participation in an online curriculum as well as to provide a foundation for academic and professional success. They engage in course assignments that focus on the practical application of writing and critical-thinking skills, lending to the promotion of professional practice and academic excellence.

The principles of computer hardware, software, and networks underlie the techniques and practices of information systems professionals. Students in this course survey the fundamental aspects of computing and prepare to use computers effectively for problem solving. Through a variety of application assignments, students delve into the types and construction of hardware, software, networks, and tools for data management. They learn ways to create an algorithm, represent data, and express their designs in a programming language. Through this course students are encouraged to become active and influential professionals by applying concepts and principles to real-world practice.

Through this course, students learn key technologies and design principles for interactive Web applications as well the professional, individual, organizational, societal, and regulatory implications thereof. Students learn how pages are designed and how they interact with external servers to deliver information––important concepts underlying how computers enable communication among Internet users and allow enterprises to conduct business online. They develop and manage Web-based applications using a selection of fundamental tools and techniques, such as XHTML and cascading style sheets.

The discipline of software development demands a variety of skills. Students in this course assess the fundamental practices and principles of designing and constructing object-oriented programs. They engage in substantial hands-on practice, reinforcing algorithmic thinking, logical design, precise coding, and careful attention to quality.

Like building a skyscraper, developing a large-scale software system may require the work of thousands of people over a period of several years. Analysts and designers coordinate technical plans so that individual efforts combine into a complete and effective system. This course surveys structured and object-oriented approaches to defining a system’s functional and quality requirements. It also examines how to convert these requirements into the structural and functional design elements of an effective organizational information system.

Through a review of modern computer systems and the social and economic issues related to their use, this course introduces the conceptual foundations for designing, developing, and deploying large-scale management information systems. It investigates the role of information technology in an organization—particularly the collection, storage, and distribution of information for operations, planning, and decision making.

The infrastructures of operating systems and networks are the fundamental technologies that support enterprise information systems. Students in this course examine the components of computer systems, their underlying operating systems, and their data communications networks. They critically investigate the services these components provide and draw implications for the large-scale enterprise. Students sharpen communication and critical-thinking skills through weekly discussions on related topics, such as modularity, abstraction, threading, virtual memory, internet protocol, atomicity, and concurrency control.

Contemporary software development principles continue to evolve. In this course, students explore contemporary software development concepts and tools. Through application assignments designed to contextualize theories presented in the course, students apply object-oriented techniques, usability principles, and design for reuse. Students have the opportunity to acquire knowledge requisite to the development of sound, maintainable, and extensible software.

Data is the lifeblood of nearly every business enterprise. Through careful planning and management, the organization can ensure that its critical data remains consistent, correct, secure, and available. This theoretical and practical introduction to relational database systems presents students with accepted practices for data modeling, database design, and implementation in a range of application contexts.

The principles of software engineering and software design allow for the methodical construction and controlled development of complex software systems. This course surveys the evolution and current practices of software engineering through the entire software life cycle, with emphasis on the elements that significantly influence software system quality.

Large-scale enterprise systems often rely on architectural frameworks that define their main components as well as the interactions among these components. This course surveys the principal design strategies and tools for constructing the modern information system. It identifies common vendor and open-source components, illustrating how they can create and integrate robust Web- and cloud-based services and applications.

The principles of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data while it is being stored, processed, or communicated guide the policies and practices of information assurance. In this course, students investigate the theory of information security and data protection, study common system risks and vulnerabilities, and follow best practices to protect computer and data assets. These practices address organizational policies, access controls, software and network design, and logging and auditing.

This course sets software engineering in the context of systems engineering. Students discuss the role of software engineering in analyzing user needs and examine how to develop solutions while building systems involving various components. This course provides a broad perspective of the system engineering life cycle, including requirements, design, integration, transition, operation, maintenance, and support. It focuses on issues of requirements engineering such as the elicitation of requirements, analysis, specification, validation, and change management.

Software architects design software to meet desired quality attributes. They must minimize complexity while following heuristics and standards, even as they anticipate change. In this course, students explore the fundamentals of software design. They examine key issues such as concurrency, event handling, interaction, and fault tolerance.

Competitive organizations demand high quality software. IT professionals employ software management techniques to measure, control, and ensure software quality.This course covers software quality management processes, with a special focus on software testing.

Enterprise managers are keenly interested in implementing efficient and effective software development processes. Developments in the application of software engineering to help managers gain control over the production of software, including processes that measure progress, quality, and cost at the project and organizational levels are covered in this course.

This capstone course provides students an opportunity to synthesize concepts and skills in a reflective project. It builds a bridge from the academic experience to the workforce. In the context of a specific IT problem, students evaluate appropriate technologies and design a solution.